螆

螆

See also: 蛓

螆 U+8786, 螆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8786 ← 螅 [U+8785] CJK Unified Ideographs 螇 → [U+8787]

螆 U+2F9BE, 螆 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9BE ← 蝫 [U+2F9BD] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䗗 → [U+2F9BF]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• In traditional Chinese (Taiwan and Hong Kong), the right component is written 茲 (contains 艹), which is the orthodox form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
• In simplified Chinese (mainland China), the right component is written 兹 (contains 䒑), which is also a historical variant found in classical Chinese dictionaries.
• In Japanese kanji, the right component is written 玆 (duplication of 玄).
• Due to Han unification, the three forms above are encoded under the same code point. This character will appear differently depending on the font used.

Han character

螆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10 in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 虫+9 in simplified Chinese, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Japanese, 15 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 中戈廿女戈 (LITVI), four-corner 5813₂, composition ⿰虫兹(G) or ⿰虫茲(HT) or ⿰虫玆(J))

Related characters

• 蛓 (Orthodox form in classical usage)

References

• KangXi: page 1094, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33368
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2876, character 16
• Unihan data for U+8786
• Unihan data for U+2F9BE

---

Chinese

trad.		螆
simp. #		螆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
糍	*zi
茲	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
滋	*ʔsɯ
孳	*ʔsɯ, *zɯs
嵫	*ʔsɯ
嗞	*ʔsɯ
鎡	*ʔsɯ
鰦	*ʔsɯ
鶿	*ʔsɯ, *zɯ
稵	*ʔsɯ, *ʔsɯw
螆	*sʰɯs
慈	*zɯ
鷀	*zɯ
磁	*zɯ
礠	*zlɯ
濨	*zlɯ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 螆 – see 蛓 (“a kind of caterpillar”). (This character, 螆, is a variant form of 蛓.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cì (ci⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìh
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh
    • Palladius: цы (cy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɨ^H/

Rime
Character	螆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiəH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci3

Definitions

螆

1. Used in 螆蛦 (“type of giant tortoise”).

   alt. forms: 茲夷

   Synonym: 蟕蠵

Etymology 3

From the non-aspirated reading of 疵 (cī).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹

---

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/

Definitions

螆

1. skin itch
2. parasite

Compounds

水螆 油螆

生螆 蚊螆

螆螬 飛螆／飞螆

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C12389

---

Japanese

Kanji

螆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)